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    • Oct 2, 1951
    Gordon Sumner is born in Wallsend, England. Under the name Sting, he plays in the rock band The Police, then builds an eclectic solo career. He joins Toby Keith in the country charts on a remake of his song "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
    Oct 5, 1951
    "Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter enters Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, where he undergoes multiple shock treatments
    Oct 23, 1951
    David Wills is born in Pulaski, Tennessee. He cuts two Charlie Rich-produced hits in the '70s and writes George Strait's "If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" and John Schneider's "You're The Last Thing I Needed Tonight"
    Nov 1, 1951
    Cole Porter, co-author of "Don't Fence Me In," is released from Doctors Hospital in New York after a stay of nearly four weeks in which he underwent repeated shock therapy for emotional problems
    Nov 5, 1951
    Songwriter Archie Jordan is born in Augusta, Georgia. He writes the Ronnie Milsap ballads "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World" and "It Was Almost Like A Song," plus hits for Sylvia, Charlie Rich and Barbara Mandrell
    Nov 14, 1951
    Pop singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop is born in San Diego. His 1977 single "On And On" will be referenced in Bryan White's 1996 country hit "That's Another Song"
    Dec 3, 1951
    Hank Williams is sued for copyright infringement, charged with stealing the melody for "Cold, Cold Heart" from the T. Texas Tyler recording "You'll Still Be In My Heart"
    Dec 4, 1951
    Guitarist Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. In his teens, he becomes a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" receives billing in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 all-time greatest singles
    Feb 24, 1952
    Songwriter Cole Porter, who co-wrote Gene Autry's country hit "Don't Fence Me In," is honored with a two-hour tribute on CBS-TV's "Toast Of The Town," later known as "The Ed Sullivan Show"
    Feb 26, 1952
    Songwriter Gary Burr is born in Meriden, Connecticut. Among his credits: Conway Twitty's "That's My Job," Patty Loveless' "I Try To Think About Elvis," LeAnn Rimes' "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" and Tim McGraw's "Can't Be Really Gone"



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